Uncharted - Timeline
Tuesday29th Oct 2019
News Uncharted 5 Could Be in Development, and Nathan Drake Voice Actor Wants In
"Ready to break out my climbing gear!"
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End wrapped up the adventures of Nathan Drake nicely when it launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2016, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the franchise entirely. A secret San Diego studio could be continuing the series with a fifth entry, and if that's the case, Nathan Drake voice actor...
Wednesday16th Oct 2019
Feature Uncharted 2 Kickstarted a New Age of First Party Success for Sony
10 years of hits
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. It's a notable game for so many reasons, but many will simply remember it as an unbelievably strong sequel. Naughty Dog was already a highly regarded studio, but with its follow-up to Drake's Fortune, the developer cemented itself as one of the most talented in the...
Saturday28th Sep 2019
Soapbox How Sony's Server Shutdown Rallied Naughty Dog Fans into Trophy Hunting Action
A Trophy hunter's end
In recent years, Sony has had the habit of shutting down its multiplayer servers, especially with its first-party PlayStation 3 games. The worst thing about not being able to play a substantial part of these games anymore is the fact that it renders the multiplayer Trophies unobtainable after the servers are shutdown. In May...
Monday2nd Sep 2019
News Uncharted 2, 3, and The Last of Us PS3 Multiplayer Servers Go Offline Tomorrow
No survivors
Sony's not doing itself any favours lately. DriveClub has been delisted from the PlayStation Store (slightly too soon in some parts of the world) and is due to have its servers switched off early next year. Now, the multiplayer servers for PS3 games Uncharted
Friday23rd Aug 2019
News Sigh! Uncharted Movie Loses Its Director Again
We count five now
We’ve been writing about the Uncharted movie for a decade now, but the project has just lost – by our count – its fifth director. According to Deadline, former Totally Rad Show host Dan Trachtenberg has parted ways with the film, although Spider-Man star Tom Holland i
Monday29th Jul 2019
News PS4 Exclusives Cross Paths with Free Uncharted 4 Bike Skins in Days Gone
Ride it like you stole it
Bend Studio seems to be putting an awful lot of effort into post-launch support for its popular PlayStation 4 exclusive, Days Gone. The open world survival game has been getting regular new challenges lately, adding even more to do in the already huge adventure. Its latest addition to the game is a set of new skins for...
Friday7th Jun 2019
Out of the blue
And just like that, the long in the making Uncharted movie has a release date. Sony has slapped an 18th December 2020 launch on the project, with Spider-Man's Tom Holland playing the lead role of Nathan Drake and Dan Trachtenberg directing. It's light at the end of the tunnel for a film project that has gone through more potential...
Wednesday5th Jun 2019
News Uncharted 2, 3, and The Last of Us Lose Multiplayer Capabilities on PS3 from September
Wave goodbye to those memories
Sony has quite the habit of turning off multiplayer servers as of late, and unfortunately, another wave of turn offs have hit some of Naughty Dog's classic PS3 titles. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharte
Monday15th Apr 2019
News Watch Nolan North and Troy Baker Play Through Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Role playing game
This is pretty interesting. Nolan North, most famous for playing Nathan Drake in the PlayStation exclusive Uncharted series, has said before that he doesn't really play the games once they come out. However, last year, he and fellow voice actor Troy Baker began a YouTube channel named Retro Replay, a let's play channel where the...
Tuesday12th Mar 2019
News Ex-Uncharted Movie Writer Joe Carnahan Calls Neil Druckmann a 'Jerkoff'
Says he "stole credit" for Naughty Dog series
The history of the Uncharted film is a long, rocky road. The adaptation has been in the works for such a long time, and various people have come and gone from the project. One such person was Joe Carnahan, a Hollywood writer on action flicks like Smokin' Aces and The A-Team. He hopped aboard the...
Thursday24th Jan 2019
News Sony's Not-So Secret Unannounced Studio Attracts More Talent
Team yet to be confirmed
Sony’s not-so secret San Diego studio – which is expected to be continuing the Uncharted series – has been bulking up for a good few months now, and Senior Game Designer Quentin Cobb tweeted about a new addition this week. James Martinchek is joining the team as Lead Animator, having previously worked on Uncharted 4: A...
Monday14th Jan 2019
News Guess What? The Uncharted Movie Is Back On
Here we go again
The movie that will never get made is… Getting made again! You may recall director Shawn Levy departing the Uncharted movie project late last year, mercifully putting the non-starter on ice. Well, it’s back, with Variety reporting that 10 Cloverfield Lane maker Dan Trachtenberg has been brought on board to steer the adaptation...
Sunday30th Dec 2018
News Evidence Mounts for Unannounced Uncharted Game
More recruitment at Visual Arts Services Group
Sony appears to be anchoring a new game development team to its Visual Arts Services Group division. For those of you who don’t know, the San Diego-based VASG has been leveraged by various first-party developers for motion capture work, but it’s been quietly recruiting talent from around the world...
Thursday20th Dec 2018
News Can We Please Just Give Up on the Uncharted Movie?
Director departs again
Stop us if you’ve heard this one about a billion times before: director Shawn Levy has reportedly left the Uncharted movie project, leaving it in limbo yet again. It had seemed like the flick was finally going to go into production, with Spider-Man star Tom Holland purportedly on board to play a younger Nathan Drake. Alas,...
Monday13th Aug 2018
News Tom Holland to Star in 'Exciting' Uncharted Movie
Filming not far off
Filming on the long, long, long rumoured Uncharted movie sounds like it’s almost about to get underway, which may be unfortunate news for fans of Allan Ungar’s recent fan film. As previously rumoured, it sounds like
Sunday5th Aug 2018
News First-Person Uncharted 4 Mod Showcases Naughty Dog's Insane Animations
What's for dinner?
Naughty Dog’s animation work is often a tier ahead of the rest of the industry, and this Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End mod demonstrates the insane production values on display. The clip, taken from the beginning of the game as Nathan and Elena Drake eat dinner, has been captured from the perspective of the half-tucked hero...
Tuesday31st Jul 2018
News Shadow of the Tomb Raider Trailer Seemingly Uses Music from Uncharted 2
Rumble in the jungle
See that trailer we've embedded above? It's the latest promotional video for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which is due out in September. It showcases some lovely looking environments, and it uses music from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Wait, what? No, it's true. As pointed out by RobinGaming over on Twitter, the trailer uses the...
Tuesday17th Jul 2018
News Uncharted Fan Film Sparks Digital Series Discussions
Something further could happen
Nathan Fillion’s turn as Naughty Dog’s wise-cracking rogue Nathan Drake has set tongues wagging right throughout the industry, and after amassing almost two million views in just 24 hours, there’s understandably some discussions taking place about what this means moving forwards. According to director Allan...
Monday16th Jul 2018
News Nathan Fillion Plays the Role He Was Born to in Uncharted Fan Movie
Watch the full thing now
Sony’s clearly never going to get the long-rumoured Uncharted movie off the ground, so leave it to Canadian director Allan Ungar to stick a 15-minute fan film online. Clearly a plea from the Gridlocked director to get given the full project, this is a slick clip that sticks closely to the blueprints of Naughty Dog’s...
Thursday12th Jul 2018
News Fans Think Nathan Fillion Is Teasing an Uncharted Announcement
Sic Parvis Magna
Uncharted fans believe Firefly star Nathan Fillion may be teasing something to do with Uncharted. The American actor posted a very curious message on Instagram this week, showing a picture of Drake (the Canadian rapper) and the ‘Sic Parvis Magna’ message engraved on Nathan Drake’s ring. He accompanied the quote with a date:...
Monday9th Jul 2018
News Nathan Drake's Regenerative Health Was Actually His 'Luck Running Out'
Action man
When Uncharted: Drake's Fortune released all the way back in 2007, regenerating health was the latest game design trope that was being bandied around. Every one of Nathan Drake's adventures has used this health system, but this little tidbit from Naughty Dog animator Jonathan Cooper suggests that it wasn't really a health system at all...
Saturday26th May 2018
News Days Gone Dev Sony Bend Talked About Making an inFAMOUS Game for PS Vita
Plus an Uncharted: Golden Abyss PS4 remaster
Game Informer's month of coverage on Days Gone is drawing to a close with one last video interview, in which a trio of Sony Bend devs answer reader-submitted questions. It's definitely worth a watch for anyone wondering about framerate, cut-scenes, and other small details about the open world title...
Sunday13th May 2018
News Uncharted 2's Iconic Train Stage Explained
Drake's on a train
The more we see of Naughty Dog’s games, the more we realise they’re an optical illusion. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is no different, and this video showcasing the sequel’s iconic train level is eye-opening. It reveals how the set-piece works: by placing you on a gigantic loop. It then masks environmental changes with various...
Friday13th Apr 2018
News Sony Is Creating a New Game Development Team in San Diego
And it could be working on Uncharted
Sony insinuated recently that it intends to “concentrate” on first-party production moving forwards, strengthening its output of PlayStation exclusives. And it sounds like the first stages of those plans have been put into motion, as job listings suggest that it’s creating a new development team in...
Thursday4th Jan 2018
News Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Director Shaun Escayg Departs Naughty Dog
A new adventure awaits
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy was fronted by a fresh crop of Naughty Dog staffers, and it always felt to us like a “passing of the guard” type project. However, creative director Shaun Escayg is leaving, having also contributed to the development of The Last of Us and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. There’s no word on where...
Sunday31st Dec 2017
Game of the Year 2017 #2 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Mega mix
What makes Uncharted: The Lost Legacy so special is the fact that Nathan Drake is nowhere to be seen, and yet this final entry before the series goes into hiding manages to wrap a perfect bow around his adventures. Fan favourite Chloe Frazer returns alongside the fourth instalment’s newcomer Nadine Ross to create an excursion to India...
Sunday10th Dec 2017
PSX 2017 Uncharted Series Lifetime Sales Top 41.7 Million Units
Oh crap
Surely there’ll be life in Uncharted beyond The Lost Legacy? Sony announced during a 10th Anniversary panel at PSX 2017 today that the franchise has now topped 41.7 million units. This includes sales of each instalment, as well as the PlayStation 4 remaster The Nathan Drake Collection. It’s a wildly impressive figure, especially...
Thursday30th Nov 2017
News Spider-Man's Tom Holland Researching Next Role with Uncharted Collection
Origin story on the way?
Looks like the rumours regarding Spider-Man star Tom Holland playing a younger Nathan Drake in some kind of Uncharted origins movie were true: the British actor Instagramed an image of himself about to get started on Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for “research purposes” this week
Friday17th Nov 2017
News Celebrate a Decade of Uncharted Adventures All Month
Nate-ness awaits
Uncharted is just about a decade old, and in order to celebrate we ranked the best Uncharted games for your entertainment – and irritation. As one of the biggest PlayStation properties, however, Naughty Dog has its own anniversary events in mind – and it all starts with the slice of nostalgia embedded above. From 19th November...
Monday11th Sep 2017
News Naughty Dog Announces Limited Edition Nathan Drake Figure
And it's looking mighty fine
In succession to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy’s release last month, Naughty Dog has revealed its second limited edition statue of the franchise, featuring the dashing yet daring adventurer Nathan Drake. The meticulously crafted figure features a heroic shot of Drake mid-lunge, as he prepares to plant a firm fist into...
